Synonyms for immerse
ɪˈmɜrsim·merse

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1. immerseverb

   Synonyms:
   submerge

2. immerseverb

   To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.

   Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.

   Synonyms:
   submerge

3. immerseverb

   To involve deeply

   The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.

   Synonyms:
   submerge

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1. immerse

   Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases. To speak of baptism by immersion as dipping now seems rude; tho entirely proper and usual in early English. Baptists now universally use the word immerse. To dip and to immerse alike signify to bury or submerge some object in a liquid; but dip implies that the object dipped is at once removed from the liquid, while immerse is wholly silent as to the removal. Immerse also suggests more absolute completeness of the action; one may dip his sleeve or dip a sponge in a liquid, if he but touches the edge; if he immerses it, he completely sinks it under, and covers it with the liquid. Submerge implies that the object can not readily be removed, if at all; as, a submerged wreck. To plunge is to immerse suddenly and violently, for which douse and duck are colloquial terms. Dip is used, also, unlike the other words, to denote the putting of a hollow vessel into a liquid in order to remove a portion of it; in this sense we say dip up, dip out. Compare synonyms for BURY.

   Synonyms:
   bury, dip, douse, duck, immerge, plunge, sink, submerge

   Preposition:
   The object is immersed in water.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. immerse

   Synonyms:
   dip, plunge, sink, soak, steep, macerate, duck, submerge, drown, inundate, douse, overwhelm

   Antonyms:
   dry, drain, parch, ventilate, air

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1. immerse, plungeverb

   thrust or throw into

   "Immerse yourself in hot water"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, bury, swallow, dump, engross, dunk, souse, launch, eat up, absorb, swallow up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, plunge, douse

2. steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak upverb

   devote (oneself) fully to

   "He immersed himself into his studies"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, douse, bury, occupy, sop up, swallow, dump, assimilate, engross, dunk, souse, launch, draw, eat up, absorb, engage, take in, swallow up, ingest, take up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, imbibe, take over, steep, suck up, plunge, infuse, suck

3. immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat upverb

   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

   "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

   Synonyms:
   deplete, take back, exhaust, bury, engross, get down, swallow, accept, withdraw, unsay, finish, engulf, inhume, eat up, entomb, live with, absorb, run through, forget, swallow up, sink, eat, consume, lay to rest, soak up, wipe out, polish off, steep, plunge, inter, use up

4. plunge, immerseverb

   cause to be immersed

   "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, swallow up, swallow, engross, dunk, launch, eat up, dump, absorb, bury, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, plunge, douse

Matched Categories

1. • Enclose
   • Penetrate

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1. immerseverb

   Synonyms:
   dip, plunge, immerge, submerge, overwhelm, douse, souse, duck

2. immerseverb

   Synonyms:
   involve, engage, absorb

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1. immerseverb

   Synonyms:
   submerge, plunge into, dip, immerge, douse, engross

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "immerse":

   dive, dip, dispose

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1. Sienna Miller:

   I worked really hard with two Michelin star chef Marcus Wareing in London and I studied chefs, i watched services in many different kitchens, I interviewed different women and men who work in those kind of kitchens and watched how they moved and I really wanted to immerse myself in it.

2. Peter Brodie:

   One attraction of Latin is that you can immerse yourself in the poems of Horace and Catullus without fretting over how to say, Have a nice day.

3. Loren Eiseley:

   The journey is difficult, immerse. We will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see or to learn all that we hunger to know.

4. Maxine Clark:

   Someone who is passionate will immerse themselves in a field. They want to know everything they can about it.

5. Vincent Van Gogh:

   Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”